GREcommon vocab
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- abstain
- to choose not to do something
- abyss
- an extremly deep hole
- advocate
- to speak in favor of
- analogous
- somethingsimilar or alike in some way; equivalent to
- apathy
- lack of intrest or emotion
- arbitrate
- to jude a dispute between two opposing parties
- ardor
- intense and passionate feeling
- attentuate
- to reduce in force or degree; to weaken
- banal
- predictable, cliche, boring
- cacophony
- harsh jarring noise
- candid
- impartial and honest in speech
- castigate
- to punish or criticize harshly
- caustic
- biting in wit
- chauvanist
- someone prejudiced in favor of a group to which he or she belongs
- condone
- to overlook, pardon, or disregard
- corroborate
- to provide supporting evidence
- crescendo
- steadily increasing volume or force
- decorum
- appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety
- deference
- respect, courtesy
- deride
- to speak of or treat with contempt;to mock
- desultory
- jumping from one thing to another
- diatribe
- an abusive; condemnatory speech
- diffident
- lacking self confidence
- dilatory
- intended to delay
- dissemble
- to present a false appearance; to disguise ones real intentions or character
- eratic
- wandering and unpredictable
- esoteric
- known or understood by only a few
- euphenism
- use of an inoffensive word or phrase in place of a more distatsteful one.
- exacerbate
- to make worse
- exculpate
- to free from blame, prove innocent
- foment
- to arouse or intice
- guile
- deciet or trickery
- iconoclast
- one who opposes established beliefs, customs, and institutions
- imperturbable
- not capable of being disturbed
- impervious
- impossible to penetrate; incapable of being affected
- ipetuous
- quick to act without thinking
- inplacable
- unable to be calmed down or made peaceful
- inchoate
- not fully formed; disorganized
- ingenuous
- showing innocence or childlike simplicity
- intrasigent
- uncompromising; refusing to be reconciled
- indundate
- to overwhelm; to cover with water
- irascible
- easily made angry
- laconic
- using few words,terse
- malinger
- to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill
- mitigate
- to soften; to lessen
- obdurate
- hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion
- monotony
- lack of variation
- obsequious
- overly submissive and eager to please
- obstinate
- stubborn; unyielding
- obviate
- to prevent,to make unecessary
- occlude
- to stop up; to prevent the pasage of
- onerous
- troublesome and opressive; burdensome
- opaque
- impossible to see through, preventing the passage of light
- opprobrium
- public disgrace
- paragon
- model of excellence or perfection
- pedant
- somone who shows off learning
- philanthropy
- charity, a desiere or effort to promote goodness
- placate
- to soothe or pacify
- precipitate
- to throw violently or bring about abruptly; lacking deliberation
- prevaricate
- to lie or deviate from the truth
- prodigal
- lavish; wasteful
- proliferate
- to increase in number quickly
- propiate
- to concilate; to appease
- prudence
- wisdom, caution, or restraint
- quiescent
- motionless
- repudiate
- to reject the validity of
- reticent
- silent observed
- rehtoric
- effective writting or speaking
- satiate
- to satisfy fully or overindulge
- soporific
- causing sleep or lethargy
- specious
- deceptivley attractive; seemingly plausible but fallicious
- stigma
- a mark of shame or discredit
- stolid
- unemotional; lacking sensitivity
- sublime
- lofty or grand
- tacit
- done without using words
- taciturn
- silent, not talkative
- torpor
- extrmeme mental or physical slugishness
- vacillate
- to sway physically;to be indesiceve
- venerate
- to respect deeply
- volatile
- easily aroused or chagable; lively or explosive
- whimsical
- acting in a fanciful or capricious manner; unpredictable
- zeal
- passion, excitment